Table 7.

Patterns of food intake in lean women in early and late pregnancy.

Lean Women	Early Gestation (n = 93)			Late Gestation (n = 87)
Food Intake	Component 1	Component 2	Component 3	Component 1	Component 2
	“High energy”	“Prudent”	“Select eater”	“High energy”	“Prudent”
Bread	0.863	−0.029	−0.408	0.897	−0.067
Breakfast & Cereals	0.796	0.008	−0.230	0.770	−0.112
Milk	0.828	0.254	−0.144	0.772	0.311
Cream & Yogurt	0.709	0.017	0.357	0.798	−0.068
Cheese	0.857	−0.128	0.092	0.841	−0.052
Eggs	0.698	−0.315	0.354	0.754	−0.266
Meats	0.841	−0.193	-0.001	0.867	−0.101
Fish	0.797	−0.073	0.299	0.847	−0.053
Potatoes, Rice & Pasta	0.904	0.005	−0.092	0.921	0.019
Savoury foods	0.895	−0.056	0.092	0.901	0.013
Vegetables	0.763	0.301	0.250	0.776	0.303
Fruit	0.882	0.231	−0.004	0.840	0.283
Puddings	0.747	0.023	−0.540	0.767	−0.184
Chocolates & sweets	0.791	−0.087	−0.373	0.799	−0.034
Biscuits	0.743	−0.182	0.192	0.788	−0.076
Cakes	0.767	−0.248	0.284	0.812	−0.289
Spreads & sugars	0.800	−0.025	−0.159	0.893	−0.047
Soft drinks	0.484	0.736	0.242	0.437	0.778

Data show principal component analysis coefficients- higher score indicates greater loading of the food group into the component.